By Gemard Guery – News & Editorial Editorial

Srivarsh Gudlavalleti is a sophomore at Jonathan Law High School. He is also one of the founding members of Jonathan Law’s new Badminton Club which is advised by English teacher Mr. Giangregorio. News and Editorial Editor Gemard Guery interviewed Srivarsh about the new club.

Gemard Guery: What is Badminton Club?

Srivarsh Gudlavalleti: Badminton Club is a club that anyone can join after school to casually play badminton with their friends 

GG: How can students join badminton?

SG: If you want to join Badminton Club, you can contact me at gudlavalletisrivarsh@students.milforded.org and I can add you to our discord and classroom. 

GG: Why should students join Badminton Club?

SG: Students should join the Badminton Club to get some physical activity while playing a fun sport. Jonathan Law currently doesn’t have a badminton team and many students in the school don’t have a sport to do in the winter. Badminton Club is a great way for students to get involved in an activity. 

GG: How will Badminton Club work?

SG: We plan on meeting every Friday or some other day in the week and play for an hour and a half after school. These last couple days we have been figuring out all of the little things we need to get started and are now almost done, if possible we plan on having our first meeting/practice on Thursday or Friday of this week.

GG: Why did you decide to start a Badminton Club?

SG: The reason why I chose to start a Badminton Club was that it was always the sport that I played with my parents and sister in my childhood, badminton was always just a really fun sport for me. I also know a lot of other people currently in the club also played badminton when they were younger and I wanted to make a place where people with an interest for the sport would bond with one another. Mrs. Corriveau was also a big inspiration for starting the club, one day she wore a Law Badminton T-shirt and I was curious and asked her if Law had a team, she said that there was one a couple years ago. I wanted to bring the team back which is where the club began from.